Leitir Móir is a Gaeltacht

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 village

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 in County Galway

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, Ireland

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. It is also the name of an island

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, linked by road

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 to the mainland

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, in which the village of Lettermore is situated. The name derives from the Irish

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 Leitir Móir meaning great rough hillside (leitir = rough hillside). The main spoken language of the area is Irish. Lettemore island is separated into two halves one half the eastern half is know as Lettermore while the western half is known as Lettercallow (Leitir Calaidh, "rough hillside by a marshy area")

See also

• List of towns in the Republic of Ireland
• Darach O'Cathain
  Darach O'Cathain
  Darach Ó Catháin was an Irish sean-nós singer. Ó Catháin was born in Maimin, Lettermore, Connemara seventh in a family of twelve children, in 1922. In 1935 his family moved to new government created Gaeltacht of Rath Cairn, Co. Meath. His love of singing and many of his songs were learned from his...
  
  
• Gorumna
  Gorumna
  Gorumna is an island on the west coast of Ireland, forming part of County Galway. Gorumna Island is linked with the mainland through the Béal an Daingin Bridge. It had a population of 1,010 as of 2006....
  
  
• CLG Naomh Anna, Leitir Móir
  CLG Naomh Anna, Leitir Móir
  CLG Naomh Anna, Leitir Moir is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Gaeltacht area of Leitir Móir, County Galway, Ireland. The club is a member of the Galway GAA...
  
  
• Fiachra Breathnach
  Fiachra Breathnach
  Fiachra Breathnach is an Irish Gaelic footballer from Galway. Breathnach plays his club football with Naomh Anna, Leitir Móir from the Conamara Gaeltacht and county football for the Galway senior football panel.-Underage Achievements:...
  
  
• Seoighe Inish Bearachain
  Seoighe Inish Bearachain
  Seoighe Inish Bearachain was a name used for three Joyce cousins, John Bhabín Seoighe, Martín Coilín Seoighe and John William Seoighe who came from the island of Inis Bearachain, Lettermore, in Connemara in County Galway, Ireland. Both John Martín and Martín Cóilín were born on the island of...